Emoplux

Formative experiences — from childhood to motherhood — are key to the construction of a woman’s identity. In her book The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir eloquently states that “one is not born, but rather becomes a woman”.[1] For girls, building one’s own identity necessarily involves the identification with the mother.
In a mother – daughter relationship, daughters – because of their physical similarity and proximity — identify with the maternal figure and vice versa. Je suis moi, je suis toi presents an intimate and personal portrayal of self-discovery consisting of photographs and video installations by Aneta Grzeszykowska, Krystyna Dul, Eman Khokhar and Celeste Leeuwenburg, each of whom take on themes surrounding the universal mother-daughter relationship.